Mexico City
Ciudad de México, Mexico
One of the largest cities in the Americas, at 2,240 metres altitude. Deep job market, extensive transit, and neighbourhoods where a rapid influx of foreign remote workers has driven visible rent increases and local friction.
- Population
- 9,200,000
- Climate
- temperate
- Typical download speed
- 90 Mbit/s
- One-bed, city centre
- US$700 – US$1,400
- One-bed, outside centre
- US$400 – US$800
- Monthly budget, one adult
- US$1,200 – US$2,200
Indicative
Getting around
Metro, Metrobús and cable car lines; among the cheapest urban transit anywhere.
What people work in here
- Finance
- Technology
- Media
- Manufacturing
Cost of living
We do not hold a Mexico City cost series, so this is the Mexico country-wide estimate. Use the rent figures above for the local picture.
| Category | Monthly range |
|---|---|
| Housing | US$400 – US$1,000 |
| Food | US$220 – US$450 |
| Utilities | US$50 – US$140 |
| Internet | US$20 – US$40 |
| Transport | US$25 – US$120 |
| Healthcare | US$60 – US$200 |
| Everything else | US$150 – US$400 |
| Total | US$925 – US$2,350 |
| Suggested monthly buffer | US$2,820 |
Modelled from a baseline for one adult and scaled, not sampled from households. Figures are shown as ranges because that is the honest shape of the data.
Worth knowing. Modelled estimate in US dollars because that is the currency most residence thresholds are quoted in. Peso costs move with the exchange rate.
Immigration
Immigration is decided nationally, not by city. Which routes are open to you, what they require and how long they take are all on the Mexico guide.
Worth knowing. Modelled estimates, not survey data.